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Ben + Ben

Ben Lee was just amazing — despite, or perhaps a little because of, ongoing equipment issues. No guitar in the PA? Just walk to the front of the stage and serenade a packed house unamplified. And continue to be amazing. No problem. He was just loads of fun, and impossible not to love.

And Ben Folds?

Was Ben Folds. And then some.

Being an old guy in a large crowd of UI students, it’s easy to start off smiling nostalgically at the puppy-like quality of the bouncing, shouting, crowding-the-stage kids… until I realize I’m bouncing every bit as much, doing all my crowd-vocal jobs, screaming my head off when “Philosophy” started up…